What are you listening to and WHY might anyone be interested? (Vol. XII)
Posted by: Richard Dane on 01 January 2016
2016 has arrived today, so time to start this thread afresh.
Last year's thread (and links to previous years) can be found here;
1973 Japanese Vinyl.
The Decemberists - Hazards Of Love, CD rip.
On CD:-
On CD:-
A+ | Transcoded DSD
(2012)
Lovely 'swampy' electro, bluegrass, world and americana fusion.
Elton John - Captain Fantastic and The Brown Dirt Cowboy
Wynton Marsalis - "Wynton Marsalis" (1981)
Sphere - "Four In One" (The Music of Thelonius Monk) Kenny Barron-piano, Charlie Rouse-sax, Buster Williams-bass, Ben Riley-drums The pop and crackle of vinyl, MP3, whats not to like. SQ crowd should probably stay away - music lovers, enjoy.
Elton John - Rock Of The Westies
Very underrated Elton John album
Cheers,
EJ
Seem to be stuck in a Planty / Zep mood this evening.............anyway, it's all good.
Art Farmer and Jim Hall - "Big Blues" (1979)
Bonus disc from the Page remasters.......................the same, but different! 
Promise, the last Zep for this evening....................again, the bonus disc from Jimmy's remasters.................awfully good.
It's the last one, 'cos I'm off to watch this on BluRay..................................LOUD! 
joerand posted:
Mark Knopfler. Sailing To Philadelphia. On HDCD from 2000. Earlier this year I fell in love with the Knopfler/Harris collaboration on "All The Roadrunning". Since then I've tried "Shangri-La", "Get Lucky" & "Kill To Get Crimson" but found those a bit too genteel for my rock taste. This one - STP - is quite enjoyable, even on first listen . Maybe more of that familiar Dire Straits sound, and you can't go wrong with contributions from JT and the Belfast Cowboy.
Have you had a listen to Privateering yet? A little different and possibly too genteel for you again, but there are some very interesting and enjoyable tracks on there.
joerand posted:
Mark Knopfler. Sailing To Philadelphia. On HDCD from 2000. Earlier this year I fell in love with the Knopfler/Harris collaboration on "All The Roadrunning". Since then I've tried "Shangri-La", "Get Lucky" & "Kill To Get Crimson" but found those a bit too genteel for my rock taste.
Mark Knopfler doesn't do rock these days, he's folk & his own material is his own style influenced mostly from NE England & some Scot & Irish traditional. His compositions are pure understated simple poetry, some are so way out its hard to imagine how a poem or song could be made to sound so appealing considering the subject matter - too many to mention, but as starters how about taking an old Clyde built merchant ship to be dismantled on a beach in India, or the pleasure of driving an old english truck (now extinct) called an Albion. Forget rock, listen to the words & the musical interplay, you soon get to hear the words that aren't actually spoken, its a craftsman on guitar & a poet lyricist. Relax & LISTEN
joerand posted:
Mark Knopfler. Sailing To Philadelphia. On HDCD from 2000. Earlier this year I fell in love with the Knopfler/Harris collaboration on "All The Roadrunning". Since then I've tried "Shangri-La", "Get Lucky" & "Kill To Get Crimson" but found those a bit too genteel for my rock taste. This one - STP - is quite enjoyable, even on first listen . Maybe more of that familiar Dire Straits sound, and you can't go wrong with contributions from JT and the Belfast Cowboy.
I agree All The Roadrunning is quite a special album, just let down in my humble opinion my mediocre recording and production .. The vocals and instrumentation are too compressed on severeal tracks, and Emmylou's vocals on severeal of the tracks are too low in the mix especially when singing together with Mark... Possibly down to the mix compressor... and for me that classic US country music duet style which really should work beautifully with Harris and Knopfler is missed more often than not on that album.
1986 - Germany - WAV... CD release of the 1972 double album...
Allen Toussaint was a musician, a song writer and arranger from New Orleans. He was heavily influenced by the music of Professor Longhair. The album has solo piano, other instruments and three vocal tracks. Charles Lloyd plays the sax and Bill Frissel the electric guitar. Allen Toussaint died last year while touring in Spain.
Emmylou Harris. Luxury Liner. On vinyl from 1977. First listen. Only recently became an Emmylou fan and this is my third album of hers. Mostly good stuff. Her sweet vocals are undeniable and she surrounds herself with great musicians. The interaction between Albert Lee's guitar and Hank DeVito's pedal steel picking is outstanding as are the harmonies throughout the album. Love her cover of Chuck Berry's "You Never Can Tell".